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The musical comedy Annie Get Your Gun, by Irving Berlin, is presented during a run of 1,147 performances at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
Ron Kovic is born in Ladysmith, Wisconsin, USA. He will be shot and paralysed from the chest down during the Vietnam War. Tom Paxton, the folk singer/political activist, will write the song Born On The Fourth Of July in 1977 and Bruce Springsteen will be inspired to write the songs Born In The USA and Shut Out The Light after reading Kovic's memoir [entitled Born On The Fourth Of July].